DEC: Teen was selling snakes and frogs on Craigslist

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Sep 28, 2017 at 6:32 AM

The alleged salesman was 16 years old. He had 75 native snakes including northern water snakes, eastern ribbon snakes, garter and brown snakes. He also had 25 leopard frogs and three black bass in an aquarium.

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A state environmental officer stumbled onto quite a find earlier this month as he was checking Craigslist.

It was an ad listing native snakes for sale in the City of Auburn. As it turns out, the alleged salesman was 16 years old.

He had 75 native snakes including northern water snakes, eastern ribbon snakes, garter and brown snakes. He also had 25 leopard frogs and three black bass in an aquarium.

He wasn't charged, but the officer educated the teen about laws of wildlife possession.

The entire collection was released back to the wild.

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